Best PlacesSt. Lucie Village, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around St. Lucie Village, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
St. Lucie Village ranks 27,802nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in St. Lucie Village
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
St. Lucie Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where St. Lucie Village ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 86% of towns
Where St. Lucie Village ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in St. Lucie Village
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median St. Lucie Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,934, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses St. Lucie Village's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in St. Lucie Village
St. Lucie Village runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for St. Lucie Village.
Who works in St. Lucie Village, and how
Work in St. Lucie Village centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in St. Lucie Village
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across St. Lucie Village, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in St. Lucie Village, month by month
St. Lucie Village sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 63° | 51° |
| April | 84° | 73° | 62° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 77° | 70° |
Flying in and out of St. Lucie Village
The nearest airport, Vero Beach Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Palm Beach International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around St. Lucie Village
Schools across St. Lucie Village average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Allapattah Flats K-8B · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern Oaks Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- St. Lucie West Centennial HighB · 46% proficient
- Fort Pierce Central High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every St. Lucie Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
St. Lucie Village measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare St. Lucie Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in St. Lucie Village
Is St. Lucie Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, St. Lucie Village ranks 27,802nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is St. Lucie Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $539,192. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $93,934 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is St. Lucie Village safe?
St. Lucie Village is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare St. Lucie Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to St. Lucie Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in St. Lucie Village represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
St. Lucie Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for St. Lucie Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in St. Lucie Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of St. Lucie Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in St. Lucie Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
St. Lucie Village detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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